ERIC Number: EJ828617
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Mar
Pages: 10
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Impulse Control and Aggressive Response Generation as Predictors of Aggressive Behaviour in Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities and Borderline Intelligence
van Nieuwenhuijzen, M.; Orobio de Castro, B.; van Aken, M. A. G.; Matthys, W.
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, v53 n3 p233-242 Mar 2009
Background: A growing interest exists in mechanisms involved in behaviour problems in children with mild intellectual disabilities and borderline intelligence (MID/BI). Social problem solving difficulties have been found to be an explanatory mechanism for aggressive behaviour in these children. However, recently a discrepancy was found between automatic and reflective responding in social situations. We hypothesise that low impulse control and aggressive social problem solving strategies "together" may explain mechanisms involved in aggressive behaviour by children with MID/BI. Method: In a clinical sample of 130 children with MID/BI receiving intramural treatment, main, moderating and mediating effects of impulse control and aggressive response generation on aggressive behaviour were examined by conducting hierarchical linear multiple regression analyses. Results: Independent main effects of both impulse control and aggressive response generation on aggressive behaviour were found. Results indicated that low impulse control and aggressive response generation each explain unique variance in aggressive behaviour. Conclusions: As this study is the first that has shown both impulse control and aggressive response generation to be important predictors for aggressive behaviour in children with MID/BI, future research should further examine the nature of relations between low impulse control and social problem solving. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Social Problems, Slow Learners, Self Control, Mild Mental Retardation, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Competence, Conceptual Tempo, Aggression, Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Children, Child Behavior
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Language: English
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